Don’t worry, Fellow Worker,
all we’re going to need
from now on is guts.
-Frank Little
Hellraisers Journal, Friday November 16, 1917
Cook County Jail, Illinois – Class War Prisoners Publish Newspaper
Although locked up behind the bars of the Cook County Jail, the class war prisoners, members of the Industrial Workers of the World, have managed to find paper and pencil and to publish a brand new I. W. W. newspaper, appropriately named “The Can Opener.”
From The Can Opener of November 15, 1917:
The Sabo-Cat and I. W. W. Emblem:
“When the Cat Gets Loose”
“Jail Delivery Nipped in the Bud”
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SOURCE & IMAGES
The Can Opener
(Cook County Can, Illinois)
-Nov 15, 1917
pdf-2, page 336
https://libcom.org/history/rebel-voices-iww-anthology
See also:
Rebel Voices
An IWW Anthology
-ed by Joyce L. Kornbluh
Chapter 11- Behind Bars: War and Prison
PM Press, Sep 1, 2011
https://books.google.com/books?id=n2ATBwAAQBAJ